Australiaβs prosperity is based on immigration. Business knows this, and as their party, so do the Libs. Anti-immigration in the Liberal Party is a pose, a fraud, a conscious lie. In power there is zero difference between the two main parties.
11.10.2025 23:46 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The correct pronunciation of the car brand, βJeepβ is βYeepβ. Not many people seem to know that.
11.10.2025 07:40 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Could be both.
09.10.2025 07:52 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Thatβs about right.
07.10.2025 00:07 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
When would be a good time in history to have Trump as President???
05.10.2025 09:30 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Spring daylight saving last night. Nature is amazing. Can anyone explain this? How did my chickens know how to take advantage of it by staying out in the yard until 7 pm instead of their usual 6 pm?
05.10.2025 09:28 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I support trickle-up economics where people doing important work to keep society supplied and running are well remunerated in the hope that a little of their wealth will trickle up to provide managers, politicians, lawyers, investors, speculators etc with the basic necessities of life.
03.10.2025 08:29 β π 61 π 16 π¬ 4 π 1
Itβs a question of whether you are comfortable with an ongoing genocide or not. Paterson apparently is.
02.10.2025 10:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Next Liberal leader? Donβt be so hasty.
28.09.2025 07:26 β π 15 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Gangster President appoints unqualified sycophants to DOJ to pursue his personal vendettas.
Everything else is noise.
27.09.2025 02:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Risky. I heard that Trump is on the Earhart list.
27.09.2025 01:50 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
I didn't know Blair was Palestinian. You learn something new everyday.
27.09.2025 01:48 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I use a ranking system:
Crows
Power
Anyone else not Victorian
Geelong
Victorian teams except Geelong and Collingwood
Collingwood.
So I support Brisbane against Geelong
27.09.2025 01:45 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Brought her where?
26.09.2025 22:18 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
I recommend challengers for the Liberal leadership should not be hasty.
26.09.2025 03:27 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Oh it happened, it's just no one was worthy.
25.09.2025 13:44 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I would urge Liberals thinking of replacing Sussan Ley as Opposition Leader not to be too hasty.
25.09.2025 13:43 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Actually I started the conversation with Grok assuming the tylenol advice would be soundly based. It was Elon muskβs AI that disabused me.
23.09.2025 01:46 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I had a quick chat with my pocket adviser, Grok:
23.09.2025 01:42 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
We can only hope, because thereβs no other way our Government or Opposition will pull us out of it.
22.09.2025 08:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
The two main parties arenβt progressive but IMO the Greens are.
22.09.2025 07:55 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
America is considering retaliation for Australiaβs recognition of Palestine.
Please, please, President Trump, hit us with tariffs, bomb us, whatever you want, but please, please, whatever you do, donβt kick us out of AUKUS and please, please donβt close down Pine Gap.
21.09.2025 22:02 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
What a wonderful memorial it would be to Charlie Kirk to name the new Whitehouse Ballroom in his honour.
β¦Iβm sure Trump would be all in with that.
21.09.2025 21:56 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
YouTube video by Christopher James
work work work
From Blazing Saddles. Reminds me of a certain current President of a large English speaking North American country.
youtu.be/xMOWYGrtY9c?...
21.09.2025 14:16 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Yeah but what did they do to prevent it?
20.09.2025 10:10 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Heβd be pretty quiet now.
20.09.2025 10:08 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Trump decrees name change of San Andreas Fault to Fault of America
19.09.2025 07:53 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1
The point is censorship, and Waleed seems to have missed that. Ironic.
19.09.2025 01:26 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Those two were the good guys. Try again
17.09.2025 09:59 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Husband/Grandpa.
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